Official sources mentioned the Income Tax Department on Wednesday performed raids in a number of states as a part of a tax evasion probe in opposition to Registered Unrecognized Political Parties (RUPPs) and their alleged suspicious funds.
He mentioned that the search operation is happening in Gujarat, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana and another states.
Sources mentioned {that a} coordinated motion has been initiated by the tax division in opposition to RUPP, their affiliated entities, operators and others.
It is known that the shock motion was taken by the division on the advice of the Election Commission (EC), which not too long ago de-listed 87 entities from the RUPP checklist after they have been discovered non-existent throughout bodily verification.
The Election Commission had introduced that it was taking motion in opposition to over 2,100 registered unrecognized political events for violating guidelines and electoral legal guidelines referring to submitting financial contributions, their addresses and names of workplace bearers. Failed to replace.
It mentioned that a few of these events have been indulging in “serious” monetary impropriety.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
